Had a 1/4 of a small watermelon for breakfast. Lunch was champon noodles and dinner was ikan pari (sting ray) assam pedas and a plate of broccoli. The meals were cooked by my talented wife. They were yummy and the water melon was sweet. All products were purchased from Giant.

Giant supermart is the way to go

I only used my Passion Card which is my Link Card twice at Giant and they gave me a rebate of $1.51 cts. The Passion Card is free of charge unlike the NTUC FairPrice card which we had to pay $9 subscription every month.
Besides, on every Tuesday if I shop at Giant, they will give me a 3% discount of my total purchase because I am a senior citizen (all over 60 is entitled to a 3% discount on Tue).
Therefore, I have stopped shopping at FairPrice.
Another thing I noticed is that the prices of most items at FairPrice are more expensive than at Giant...example 100 gram of Australian broccoli at Giant is 49c whereas at FP it is 71c!

All from Giant Supermarket

Had watermelon and sandwich for breakfast. As for lunch (bottom left) we had soya sauce chicken plus celery, carrots,mushrooms etc with rice.  Dinner was fried sea bass fillet with gobo,cherry tomatoes and rice.
All the above was purchased from Giant Supermarket.

Goodbye NTUC FairPrice, Hello Giant

This is my lunch,nothing much though except the mabo tofu and broccoli. Later in the afternoon, we may be shopping for our groceries at Giant. We are now reluctant to shop at NTUC FairPrice as their policy governing membership and rebates are very misleading.
In May 2016, we were stopped at the entrance of a FairPrice supermart by some sales people from NTUC. They persuaded my wife to become a member of the NTUC FairPrice. They explained that as long as we patronize FairPrice, we will get back the $9 per month subscription fees (deducted from our bank account through GIRO) at the end of each year. Now after 16 months of payment of the $9 monthly, we have yet to receive any refund. When we called them, they told my wife that she was not entitled to the refund of $144 unless she buy some NTUC shares. On that note, my wife told them she would like to resign from the membership. Besides buying from FairPrice at the average of $250 per month of groceries, we had to fork out $144 which was eventually forfeited.
Now you understand why we stopped shopping at FairPrice.

Balancing the Yin and Yangs

These days, my body seems to tell me that I am "heaty". I am having ulcers in my mouth lately which has not been happening since years ago. Therefore to counter the "heatiness", I eat coconuts and drink the juice. It helps a lot and now all my mouth ulcers have disappeared. It is a matter of balancing the "Yin" and "Yangs"

Powerball jackpot, largest ever won by one ticket in the US.

A single lottery ticket worth US$758 million has won the largest lottery prize in US history a few days ago by a 52 year old woman.What would you do with all that money? When converted to S$ it is about $986 million. The winner opted to take cash minus the taxes and it came to S$440 million.
I will buy a beautiful house, get myself a powerful expensive car, donate some to charity and go for a nice long vacation. Would you do the same?

Brunch and dinner (hiyashi chuka or cold ramen)

About MRT frequent breakdown, CPF, HDB, Retirement etc

Ciabatta sandwich for breakfast

Ciabatta is the Italian's answer to the French baguette. To me, ciabatta taste better than the baguette because it is softer and when warmed up in the toaster, it can be crispy. We bought the ciabatta from Giant supermarket which is inexpensive. The fillings were fried egg, cheese, bits of chicken meat and cherry tomatoes. It made my day after eating the above, accompanied by a cup of hot milo.

                                                Lunch but no dinner today

Lunch was made up of fried chili prawns, fried spicy tempeh with okra, prawn based miso soup, coleslaw and Japanese white rice. 

Our toy poodle Chibee?

We came across this cute little toy poodle at a shop in Japan. It reminded us of our late toy poodle Chibee who passed away last year of a rare blood disease. Each time we play this video, we would recall all the wonderful memories of our late cute and lovable pet.

Bought 2 sea bass from Giant at $3.90 each and cooked it our style. Although the fish were fresh, my wife preferred to cook them with sauces made from vinegar, black soya souce etc. The dish don't have much appeal but it tasted great.
Top photo was taken from the internet but our 2 fishes were slightly smaller.

House in Japan for sale

This is a freehold property in the southern part of Japan called Kumamoto. It is about 20 years old and comes with a hot spring (onsen) bath. It is a double storey house with 3 bedrooms.The surrounding is awesome with lots of flowers and greenery. The going price is S$216,000.

My parents- in-laws' house in Japan

This is my in-laws' house in Fukuoka, Southern Japan. It is 42 years old and is about an hour drive from Fukuoka Airport. The  house is situated in a quiet neighborhood void of restaurants, supermarkets and other amenities. The nearest supermarket and restaurant is 20 minutes drive away.
I was told the value of the house is zero but the piece of land could fetch about S$120,000 which was the price they initially paid for in 1975. The freehold land is about 1,200 sq feet.
They may want to sell it and buy a new one in a place that is convenient to them but it would cost them a lot more. A 2-storey house like this one in a better suburb may cost about S$360,000 which is still much cheaper than in Singapore.
Land in Japan is not as expensive as in Singapore. My friend who bought a 10,000 sq feet freehold land with a house in Singapore in the 1970s for S$70,000 could easily fetch between $6 million and $8 million today.

Finally the suspect in fatal Bukit Merah hit-and-run arrested

A 49-year-old man who is believed to be involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident has been arrested for causing death by rash act, said police on Tuesday (23 August).

According to Chinese paper Lianhe Wanbao, the victim’s family said that the suspect turned himself in after police released his photo on Monday (22 August).

The accident took place last Thursday (17 August), along Jalan Bukit Merah towards Queensway outside a McDonald’s outlet at about 6.34am.

The victim, 78-year-old Song Chee Keong, sustained serious head injuries and died two days later in hospital. The suspect was allegedly on a power-assisted bicycle and left the scene before police arrived.

If the suspect is found guilty of a hit-and-run accident, he can be fined up to $3,000 or jailed for up to 12 months or both. Repeat offenders can be fined up to $5,000 or jailed for up to two years or both.

Police investigations are ongoing.

We cooked sayor lodeh for lunch. It is made up of veggies like cabbage, carrots, turnips, eggs, coconut milk plus turmeric which is a preventive herb against Alzheimer (made the dish yellowish in color). Due to my age, I have to eat more turmeric and coconut milk/juice/oil to prevent myself from the dreadful Alzheimer that caused the death of the famous singer, Glen Campbell, Ronald Regan and Magaret Thatcher just to name a few.

Murder cum suicide?

A 70 year old man allegedly committed suicide after killing his 27 year old daughter..

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Home cooked meals

Lunch was tomato sauce spaghetti with green mussels and dinner was rice, egg, tang hoon and broccoli. Try to eat at home as often as possible. Eating out is convenient but unhealthy.

Back sprained during weekend

I had a back muscle pull on Saturday that confined me to a complete rest. Haven' had backache for a long time. Today, I am feeling better and should up and about by tomorrow (by the grace of God).
Didn't blog over the weekend due to back pain. I ate little and lost about 1 kilogram in weight which I am not complaining.
Today, for lunch we had fried chicken breast meat, some veggies and rice (picture below)

                               Dinner was beef and cheese sandwiches (pic below).